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Farming & the land, 1936

4,059 stories in Riverina's papers · page 45 of 203

Dogs Kill Sheep Narandera Graziers' Suffer Losses Do the Dogs Swim the River?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 4

For some months graziers in the neighbourhood of Narandera have been experiencing an anxious time with sheep killing dogs. During the…

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Barkly Tableland Scheme Benefit to Cattle Industry Mr. C. L. A. Abbott's Remarks What the Experts Said

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.H.R., who has made a study of the Northern Territory, has written a pamphlet on the proposed scheme for the development…

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"Buckley's Chance" Senator Hardy and the Wheat Pool Industry's Problems Price Levelling Not a Solution

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 4

Urging that temporary restoration of price levels would not solve the debt structure of the wheat industry, Senator Hardy, Country Party leader…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Murrumbidgee District Council Meeting at Ardlethan

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

A meeting of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Ardlethan on Thursday last, When there…

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Junior Farmers Lockhart Advisory Council Meets

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

A meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Council was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Lockhart Public School, when there were present…

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Farmers and Settlers Organised Marketing and Closer Settlement Immigration of Desirable Settlers Shorter Working Week Condemned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which was held on Saturday night, the necessity for organised marketing was stressed and the move to reduce the working week…

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Chicago Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 3

Chicago wheat options were quoted: May, 97 1-8 cents a bushel; July [?] 7-8; September [?]. Winning futures: May, [?] cents…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 6

About [?] bales were offered at the wool sales to-day. Although competition for merinos and comeback from the home trade was keen and…

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London Wool Sales Demand Quieter LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 1

The second series of the London-Colonial wool sales concluded to-day, when 9321 bales were offered and 7321 sold. New South Wales submitted 306…

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Germany and Wool the Problem of Reciprocal Trade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reported on 24th: The wool market gives no sign of weakening, in fact, business in tops in Great Britain has recently…

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Cost of Sodium Chlorate Concessions to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 3

Where, sodium chlorate is used for the destruction of noxious weeds and a certificate is given to this effect, its importation is allowed free of…

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Butter Export

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 7

Figures prepared by the Dept. of Commerce indicate that a total of 71,439 tons of butter was exported from Australia during the period…

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Wheat Sales

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 7

Nearly 40,000 tons of Australian yheat were sold on the London market during the past week, and the prices realised ranged from 3/73 to…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 7
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser, The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

The market at Brisbane closed firm without much alteration for all good quality wools, report Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd. This is being…

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193[?] State Sheep Competitions

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 2

The organising committee of the Uncle Wiseman sheep competitions (Messrs. E. A. Elliott, director of sheep and wool; Mr. J. M. Coleman,…

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Russian Sheep Outnumber Australian

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 2

During the period 1925 to 1929, according to statistics, the sheep flocks of Russia exceeded those of Australia. The maximum number of sheep…

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Sheep Losses by Crows

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 7

Losses of sheep through attacks by crows in the Goondiwindi (Q.) district were reported to be more serious than losses caused by the recent drought…

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Chicago Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 3

Chicago wheat options were quoted: May, 97 5-8 cents a bushel; July, 87½ cents; September, 66 8-8 cents. Winnipeg futures: May, 82½ cents a…

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